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Author:   Roger D. Congleton (BB&T Professor of Economics, West Virginia University and Adjunct Scholar, Center for the Study of Public Choice, George Mason University) ,  Bernard N. Grofman (Jack W. Peltason (Bren Foundation) Endowed Chair and Professor of Political Science and Social Psychology, University of California, Irvine) ,  Stefan Voigt (Professor and Director, Institute of Law and Economics, University of Hamburg)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 18.10cm , Height: 5.50cm , Length: 25.60cm
Weight:   1.732kg
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9780190469733

ISBN 10:   0190469730
Pages:   944
Publication Date:   22 January 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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PART I: Introductory Essays 1. Rational Choice and Politics: An Introduction to the Research Program and Methodology of Public Choice Roger D. Congleton 2. Choosing among Governments Alan Hamlin 3. Public Choice: Early Contributions Dennis C. Mueller PART II: VOTING AND ELECTIONS A. Modelling Collective Choice in Voting 4. From Paired Comparisons and Cycles to Arrow's Theorem Donald G. Saari 5. Institution-induced Stability Kenneth A. Shepsle 6. Voting Power Stefan Napel 7. Aggregation of Information by Binary Voting Rules Shmuel Nitzan and Jacob Paroush B. Spatial Voting Models 8. Political Choices in One Dimension: Theory Bernard Grofman 9. Political Choices in One Dimension: Applications Bernard Grofman 10. Spatial Voting Models of Party Competition in Two Dimensions James F. Adams 11. Spatial Social Choice Norman Schofield C. Other Aspects of Voter and Party Choice 12. Economic Voting Michael S. Lewis-Beck and Mary Stegmaier 13. Valence Politics Haldun Evrenk 14. The Study of Strategic Voting Andre Blais and Arianna Degan 15. Turnout: Why do voters vote? Serguei Kaniovski 16. Expressive Voting Alan Hamlin and Colin Jennings 17. Altruism and Political Participation Richard Jankowski 18. Social Embeddedness and Rational Turnout Carole Jean Uhlaner 19. Information cues and rational ignorance Shaun Bowler and Stephen P. Nicholson 20. Manipulation Charles R. Plott D. Democracy in Practice 21. Campaign Finance Thomas Stratmann 22. Primaries, conventions, and other methods for nominating candidates: How do they matter? Gilles Serra 23. Logrolling and Coalitions Anthony J. McGann PART III: INTEREST GROUP POLITICS AND RENT SEEKING A. Interest Group Politics 24. Collective Action Jac C. Heckelman 25. Rent seeking: The social cost of contestable benefits Arye L. Hillman and Ngo Van Long 26. The Structure of Contests and the Extent of Dissipation Karl Warneryd 27. The Political Economy of Rent Creation and Rent Extraction Roger D. Congleton 28. Empirical evidence on rent seeking costs Ignacio Del Rosal B. Political Agency Problems and Trust in Government 29. 'The Bureaucracy' as an Interest Group Patrick Dunleavy 30. Interest Groups and Regulatory Capture William F. Shughart II and Diana W. Thomas 31. Corruption Toke Aidt 32. The Political Economy of Trust Christian Bjornskov C. Persuasion 33. Contested Political Persuasion Stergios Skaperdas and Samarth Vaidya 34. Stochastic Process Models of Preference Change Michel Regenwetter and Yung-Fong Hsu 35. Leadership as Persuasion Benjamin E. Hermalin PART IV: NORMATIVE POLITICAL THEORY: EVALUATING POLICIES AND POLITIES 36. Fairness Concepts Christian Klamler 37. Social Contract vs. Invisible Hand: Agreeing to Solve Social Dilemmas Viktor J. Vanberg 38. Utilitarianism as a Criterion for State Action Nicolaus Tideman and Florenz Plassmann 39. Public Choice and Happiness Bruno Frey and Alois Stutzer 40. Kantianism and Political Institutions Geoffrey Brennan and Hartmut Kliemt 41. Public choice and libertarianism Peter J. Boettke and Ennio E. Piano 42. Public choice and social democracy Peter Kurrild-Klitgaard 43. Supreme Values, Totalitarianism and Terrorism Peter Bernholz 44. Fair Division in Dispute Resolution Steven J. Brams 45. Fair Division in Allocating Cabinet Ministries Steven J. Brams

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Roger D. Congleton is the BB&T Professor of Economics at West Virginia University. He is coeditor of the journal, Constitutional Political Economy , and has publishing well over a hundred fifty articles on public choice related topics in journals and academic books. Professor Congleton also served as president of the Public Choice Society from March 2018 through March 2020. Bernard Grofman is the Jack W. Peltason Chair of Democracy Studies and Professor of Political Science, University of California, Irvine Stefan Voigt is professor of Law & Economics at the University of Hamburg in Germany. He is best known for his research in constitutional political economy. Together with Roger Congleton, he is editor of the journal, Constitutional Political Economy

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